The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-02


Nm GA nv Sct drunk enough 20 lose Il
Open her up and let the captain sea"
take tho irons on this man.. com
mandcd the captain ~ BE- waved the
sachcl down. III he doesn't caplas
before dinner he's not the man take
him 70 be-"
AYE! be shall pay for putting the
irons on 70 me. Why don't you take
EN- %"
Was Idrcamingf Had ] made fool Of
myself? Had this man confessed muir
der TO mef ! was staggered for the
moment Then ! tore q the satchel and
burst Oh the poor old lock. and -
tho rccepticlc dew open emplied IL
contents on the floor Gold. green
backs. silver. bonds and jcwclryl
Course your growlcd tho prisoner.
IS he turned away.
The captain turned ~ pale as death
These were the proofs. and he stared
nj them for : full minute before he
could say:
"Well. this Is 60! shall lock you
up. Short"
The man was registered and taken
down stairs. and then we counted up
tho contents Of the sachel and made
out a value Of over $4,000 When
this had been completed i went out
after Rider, and inside of an hour he
was behind the bars. He went all to
pieces as soon as charged him with
having put up the job for Short TO
carry out, but denied It in the most
vigorous manner.
Short has been telling for year"
he said. "what his uncle out in the
country was going to do for him. A
few weeks ago the old man found out
what bad pill his nephew was. and
since then Short has been up . tree.
He told me week ago that he'd have
some Of their money one way or the
other. and when h. talked about killing
and robbing. did my best to put the
| idea out Of his head. He 'softened up q
| bit, and supposed he had given over.
| II Charley Short says ever advised
him 10 murder and rob, or that l have
had my eyes on him for week past,
he's the biggest liar on earth"
Well, curiously enough. we had Q
murderer on hand without murder.
That is. no crime had ret been report.
ed. / had secured the murderer with.
out hunt. It was not so easy 20 find
the murder. A telegram was sent Il
the acent at the station where Shor,
had boarded the train. and he replied
that he had heard Of no crime. Itwa:
| four o'clock in the afternoon before BIZ
sent = dispatch. saving that an oil
connie. living about three miles away
had been found in their house will
their heads chopped 70 pieces with al
axe. That was the crime for whiel
Short was guilty and for which he wa
tried. When he knew that he was ii
for Il he turned boastcr. and felt him
self a hero. He was delighted to Civ
me all the particulars He said:
Il lived with Uncle and Aunt Dcsbr
until l was Of age. Indeed. l was al
adopted SON. both my own parents be
ing dead came into the city min
years ago as q dry-goods clerk Ate
time got in with some bad fellow.
lost nv place. and rather went to til
dogs. For the last three years hav
been : gambler. boxer. bartender an
confidence man. Uncle went back o
me good while ago. refusing TO Civ
me dollar. He had in his hand
money which honestly belonged TO me
for had worked hard for him for thin
teen years / went out there the othe
day to see IL he would not give m
eight hundred dollars to buy an inter
est in the saloon. Aunt Mary was e
giving it to me, but the old man was :
ugly as Turk. We got into wrangl
! at the supper-table, and he ordered m
out Of the house.
II went" said Short after paus'
"and il was only after that that g
the idea Of robbing the house. III
old man never banked q dollar. b.
kept every thing in a bureau in h
bedroom. sat down in fence co
ner on the highway, and thought il a
over. l made up my mind that
would enter the house after they ~